[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 78 (Friday, April 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22746-22747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9813]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[Docket No. FD 35487]


Conecuh Valley Railway, LLC--Acquisition and Operation 
Exemption--Conecuh Valley Railroad Co., Inc.

    Conecuh Valley Railway, LLC (CVR), a noncarrier, has filed a 
verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire from 
Conecuh Valley Railroad Co., Inc. (COEH), and to operate

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approximately 15.04 miles of rail line between milepost 374.96 at or 
near Troy, and the end of the line at approximately milepost 390.00 at 
or near Goshen, in Pike County, Ala.\1\
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    \1\ CVR is acquiring the line from COEH as part of a transaction 
whereby newly created noncarrier subsidiaries of RailAmerica 
Transportation Corp., are acquiring the rail assets of certain 
subsidiaries of Gulf & Ohio Railways, Inc.
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    This transaction is related to 3 concurrently filed verified 
notices of exemption, as follows: Docket No. FD 35486, RailAmerica, 
Inc., Palm Beach Holdings, Inc., RailAmerica Transportation Corp., 
RailTex, Inc., Fortress Investment Group, LLC, and RR Acquisition 
Holding, LLC--Continuance in Control Exemption--Conecuh Valley Railway, 
LLC, Three Notch Railway, LLC, and Wiregrass Central Railway, LLC, in 
which RailAmerica and its subsidiaries seek to continue in control of 
CVR, Three Notch Railway, LLC, and Wiregrass Central Railway, LLC, upon 
those noncarriers' becoming Class III rail carriers; Docket No. FD 
35488, Three Notch Railway, LLC--Acquisition and Operation Exemption--
Three Notch Railroad Co., Inc., wherein Three Notch Railway, LLC (TNRW) 
seeks to acquire and operate approximately 34 miles of rail line 
extending between approximately right-of-way station 22+57 at the 
interchange point with CSX Transportation, Inc., in Georgiana, Ala., 
and milepost 581.3 at Andalusia, Ala.;\2\ and Docket No. FD 35489, 
Wiregrass Central Railway, LLC--Acquisition and Operation Exemption--
Wiregrass Central Railroad Company, Inc., wherein Wiregrass Central 
Railway, LLC seeks to acquire and operate approximately 21.2 miles of 
rail line between milepost 800.00 at Waterford and milepost 821.2 near 
Newton, in Coffee and Dale Counties, Ala.
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    \2\ TNRW will also be assigned the selling carrier's agreement 
with the Andalusia & Conecuh Valley Railroad Company to lease and 
operate a rail line at Andalusia.
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    The parties intend to consummate the transaction on or after May 8, 
2011.
    CVR certifies that its projected annual revenues as a result of 
this transaction will not exceed those that would qualify it as a Class 
III rail carrier and will not exceed $5 million.
    If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, 
the exemption is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the exemption 
under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) may be filed at any time. The filing of a 
petition to revoke will not automatically stay the effectiveness of the 
exemption. Petitions to stay must be filed no later than April 29, 2011 
(at least 7 days before the exemption becomes effective).
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. 
FD 35487, must be filed with the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a copy of each 
pleading must be served on Louis E. Gitomer, 600 Baltimore Ave., Suite 
301, Towson, MD 21204.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: April 18, 2011.

    By the Board.
Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2011-9813 Filed 4-21-11; 8:45 am]
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